St. Johnsbury

COVENTRY — A 28-year-old man from St. Johnsbury was arrested early this morning after a police chase in Coventry. A trooper with the Vermont State Police says he was monitoring traffic on US Route 5 when he observed a white truck traveling at 80 miles-per-hour in a posted 50 miles-per-hour zone. The trooper attempted to…

NEWPORT — Authorities say a multi-agency, multi-jurisdictional law enforcement effort has been focusing on drug trafficking in the areas of Newport and Saint Johnsbury. During the month-long operation conducted by federal, state, local, and county officers, and federal and state prosecutors, law enforcement arrested or charged 16 individuals, searched 3 residences, and seized approximately 700…

ST. JOHNSBURY — Vermont U.S. Representative Peter Welch recently visited with young professionals in the Northeast Kingdom at Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury. The Northeast Kingdom Young Professionals Network helped to organize the breakfast with Congressman Welch’s office. Young entrepreneurs and professionals from local non-profit organizations, serving youth and families, the service industry, and marketing,…

ST. JOHNSBURY — The Northern VT Center for Sleep Disorders held a grand opening and ribbon cutting of its new space in St. Johnsbury last week. Local community members, as well as staff from North Country Hospital and Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH), enjoyed a summer afternoon at the entrance to the newly developed space.…

ST. JOHNSBURY — Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) in St. Johnsbury and North Country Hospital (NCH) in Newport have collaborated to enhance sleep medicine services in Vermont with the opening of an expanded Northern Vermont Center for Sleep Disorders location The center will open February 4. The new clinic, which offers the latest in comprehensive…

ST. JOHNSBURY — There will be a notable change at the Northeast Kingdom Chamber Legislative Breakfast to be held Monday, Jan. 28, at 8 a.m., at the St. Johnsbury House, 1207 Main St., St. Johnsbury. Unlike in years past, when local legislators gave committee reports during their allotted time, there will be far more discussion…

UPDATE: Simpson was taken into custody in Pennsylvania. He is being evaluated at a hospital after crashing another stolen vehicle into a telephone pole during a police chase. ST. JOHNSBURY — The FBI and the Vermont State Police are actively searching for a dangerous man who is wanted for numerous crimes including kidnapping and sexual…

ST. JOHNSBURY – Representatives from two chambers in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas visited with the Northeast Kingdom Chamber executive director on Oct. 20 as part of a mutual initiative with the Vermont Council on World Affairs and the United States Department of State. According to Executive Director Darcie McCann, the intent of the trip…

LYNDONVILLE — Two men are facing charges of human trafficking and sexual assault involving a juvenile in Lyndonville and St. Johnsbury, according to Vermont State Police. Back in May, police investigators and the Department of Children and Families began a joint investigation into a report of a human trafficking case. Police say the two men,…

ST. JOHNSBURY – On Saturday, Sept. 16, two locomotives and six historic coaches will depart from the historic downtown St. Johnsbury train depot and head south on one of the most beautiful train rides in New England. The train rides, part of the daylong Colors of the Kingdom Autumn Festival being held in downtown St.…

ST. JOHNSBURY — A man and woman from Newport were taken to the hospital after their motorcycle was hit head-on in St. Johnsbury over the weekend. Stephen Ellis, 45, and Kristy Ellis, 43, were riding a 2010 Harley Davidson motorcycle on Memorial Drive at around 7:30 p.m., when the incident took place. Bradford King, 77,…

ORLEANS — A man and a woman from Orleans are facing a slew of charges after police say the man assaulted a 67-year-old security guard who tried to question them about shoplifting, then hit him with their car as he chased them into the parking lot of the Green Mountain Mall. Police say Amanda Gilbar,…

ST. JOHNSBURY — Polce say that they have located the body of a 45-year-old man from St. Johnsbury who has been missing since January 9. Today, at approximately 12:15 p.m., a body was located off the side of an old logging road east of Breezy Hill Road in St. Johnsbury, by an individual who was…

ST. JOHNSBURY — A 22-year-old man was killed in an early morning accident in St. Johnsbury. Police were called to investigate a single-vehicle crash on Severance Hill Road at around 4:00 a.m., Saturday morning. They say the investigation revealed a 1998 Subaru Legacy was traveling south when it traveled off the east side of the…

ST. JOHNSBURY — An arrest has been made in connection with a false traffic stop that took place in St. Johnsbury back on Christmas of 2015. Police say that after an investigation, Obadiah Croteau, 19, of Burlington, was issued a criminal citation to appear in Caledonia Criminal Court, to answer a charge of impersonating a…

ST. JOHNSBURY — Police are still searching for a 45-year-old man from St. Johnsbury who went missing on January 9, 2016. Henry Morey was last seen at 48 Eastern Avenue (Republican Block) in the Village of St. Johnsbury. Police say he was at this location at approximately 6:00 p.m. Morey may have been wearing black…

ST. JOHNSBURY — Police are reporting another incident of a man impersonating a police officer and conducting a false traffic stop in St. Johnsbury, this time taking place on Thursday at around 10:30 p.m. Police say a woman called after being pulled over by a man dressed in dark clothing. She told police that there…

ST. JOHNSBURY — Police are alerting the public about an incident that happened in the St. Johnsbury area on Christmas Day, when someone dressed in camouflage and wearing a gun conducted a false traffic stop. The incident took place at around 6 p.m. on U.S. Route 5. The victim called police and reported being pulled…

ST. JOHNSBURY — Police say that they are investigating a series of threatening phone calls that sent the Northeast Kingdom Human Services (NKHS) office in St. Johnsbury into lockdown this morning. Police say that starting on Wednesday evening, the NKHS offices in St. Johnsbury started receiving phone calls threatening gun violence against the facility. The…

DANVILLE — A woman from St. Johnsbury had her car heavily damaged after she hit a bear yesterday. The incident happened at around 6:50 p.m. on U.S. Route 2 in the town of Danville. Tracy Verge, 44 of St. Johnsbury, was traveling east when she struck the black bear as it was attempting to cross…

LITTLETON, N.H. — Authorities say that the body of a 24-year-old St. Johnsbury man was pulled from the Connecticut River in Littleton, New Hampshire, on Sunday afternoon. The victim has been identified as Scott B. Way. Way was reported missing by his family Saturday afternoon, which set off a search party that used K9 teams,…

LYNDON — Almond Fletcher, 66, of St. Johnsbury, who was critically injured in a single-vehicle crash in Lyndon over the weekend, tragically succumbed to his injuries, police say. On Tuesday police issued a statement saying that Fletcher was pronounced dead on Monday at the Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital. Fletcher was traveling north on Elliot Road…

LYNDON — A 66-year-old resident of St. Johnsbury was involved in a single-vehicle crash that took place in Lyndon on Saturday afternoon. Police say that Almond Fletcher was traveling north on Elliot Road at around 2:10 p.m., when he left the roadway, collided with a tree, and went down an embankment. Fletcher was ejected from…

ALBANY — Authorities say that they located the body of a 34-year-old woman from St. Johnsbury who went missing on Thursday. On Friday police located her vehicle in the town of Albany, and on Saturday afternoon her body was found about 1/4-mile from where her vehicle was located. Police say that the body of Kimberly…

LYNDONVILLE — Police have released the names of the two victims in the deadly crash that took place northbound on I-91 near the Lyndonville and St. Johnsbury line Friday night. They are also saying that speed and road conditions were factors in the crash. According to a statement issued by police, 29-year-old Justin Stephenson, and…